This time last year Ms. T was running from me and telling us no more pictures. Well, this year she slowed way down and totally cooperated! And she loved digging into the little cake her mom brought. Hope you enjoy your peek:)

I’m definitely a lots of color gal and this park was perfect for that! Big sis didn’t want her mom to fix her hair and mom is very much a let’s just do pictures how you really are and I really like the result. I loved the sweaty, wild hair…I think Miss M looked gorgeous! Her little sister, Miss G, has one objective and that is to keep up with her big sister. Forget that she’s lots younger and smaller…she does not care.

When this is the very first picture you know it’s going to be a great session.

Sitting backwards just like her big sister did…

Her “cheese” smile

Hands down that this family had a much rougher time than I did at this session. There were ants (lots of ants), heat and humidity, a very tired little girl who hadn’t taken a nap, and a little boy who got in a funk after the ants attacked him. You can’t blame him though. And I’ve noticed that every time something happens to my kids like ant attacks, fall on the cement, etc….and I tell them that they’re fine or suck it up then you know what inevitably happens to me within the next few days? The exact same thing…and then I think, dang! that really hurts!

Luckily, this park by their home had swings and slides and that always helps to get a kiddo out of a photo funk:) Their mom gets the award for trying the most ever ideas to make the pictures happen. She will sing, jump up and down, create pyramids, whatever it takes! Thanks so much Christina for always working so hard to get the photos:) Hope you enjoy.

Take a look at little miss’s adorable faux shoes. I will be hunting a pair of those down for my niece.

We got back yesterday from a long weekend at the lake. We go every year for my husband’s grandfather’s birthday. It’s a lot of fun. There are lots of boats, jet skis, fish frys, games, and there’s been bands and karaoke. There is one large 2-story cabin that sleeps lots of people, lots of small cabins, people bring campers and the number of people has gone higher every year. This was the 8th year and I think the final count was like 147 people. A couple of years ago we found a horse ranch a couple of miles away that has about 8 rooms to stay at that included horseback riding, a pool, a petting zoo, and beautiful scenery. We thought we were so clever that for about the same price we were staying somewhere bigger and nicer than down at the lake. So, we kept it on the down low:)

Last year there was a new owner at the ranch and the petting zoo and horseback riding was gone. Fine…it’s still nicer than the super small cabins at the lake:) Fast forward to this year. There is someone new leasing the ranch. There is supposed to be horseback riding (if the head lady is there…which she mostly wasn’t). The pool is yucky. There are a few animals in the back where the petting zoo used to be. And anyone that knows me knows that I’m a huge animal lover. In fact, we rescued a kitten from the lake a few years ago. Well, this weekend I found one animal that I’m not such a fan of. A rooster. And this rooster happens to be in a pen that is about 10 feet directly from our back windows. I’ve heard about roosters crowing but until you’ve experienced one practically in your room then you just don’t know! He started at 5am on the dot. I thought they just crowed for a little bit. Well, apparently I don’t know much about roosters because at 9am he was still making noise….every couple of minutes. As I lay in bed I wondered who would possibly keep a rooster right behind the rooms that they rent out. And if there was ever a few minutes that went by that he didn’t make noise then I found myself waiting the see when he would do it again. Stupid.freaking.rooster…congratulations on being the one animal in this world that I don’t want to see again!!! Other than the green pool and our friend the rooster we had a great time. We’re all a little red and worn out but so glad to celebrate another year with Chad’s grandparents and other relatives.

Now onto these adorable kids. It’s been about a year since I’ve seen them and little miss has gotten quite a bit bigger and a lot quicker. Her brother is still the best posing boy ever and so helpful. He helps corral her and helps to elicit smiles. Thanks Mr. J!

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